Can I use two cases for one control in epidemiological comparative studies?

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Mohamed-Mourad Lafifi

Dear Haneen Al-Sbaihi,

I suggest to you links and attached files in topics.

-6.5 - Case-Control Study Design | STAT 507

https://onlinecourses.science.psu.edu/stat507/node/48

-Introduction to study designs - case-control studies | Health Knowledge

https://www.healthknowledge.org.uk/.../epidemiology/practitioners...

-Chapter 8. Case-control and cross sectional studies | The BMJ

www.bmj.com/.../epidemiology.../8-case-control-and-cross-section...

Best regards